For a long time, the story seemed straightforward. As atmospheric carbon dioxide levels fell and the planet cooled, large ice ...
More than 40 years after it was collected, an Antarctic fossil has been recognized as a far more consequential discovery than anyone first realized, according to Sci.News. The bone is now considered ...
East Antarctica hosts the largest ice sheet on Earth, containing enough water to raise global sea levels by 52 meters (171 ...
Some 34 million years ago, when Earth was significantly warmer than it is today, Antarctica froze over. It would take another ...
The loss of ice on Antarctica could expose vast swaths of land allowing access to valuable mineral resources on the frozen ...
East Antarctica hosts the largest ice sheet on Earth, containing enough water to raise global sea levels by 52 metres, were it to fully melt. Yet it has puzzled scientists for decades how and why this ...
Scientists discovered that atmospheric rivers reaching Antarctica arrive at an angle, improving snowfall tracking and sea ...
Learn how slow-moving mantle waves inside Earth may have lifted Antarctica’s ancient mountains, creating cold highlands where ...
Four cemetery workers were convicted for illegally moving human remains. A small clump of moss became crucial forensic ...
We’ve finally mapped all of Zealandia.
Antarctica's ice sheet formed millions of years before the Arctic froze over, at a time when Earth was around 50°C (90°F) ...